Show H Something to Think Chink About Hy-F. Hy A. A WALKER I II r. r t ii- ii o 1 ARE YOU WORTHY i A COMMON and frequent complaint p IE nowadays among self esteemed koung oung oung men and women Is that they are tiro re not making satisfactory ry progress I With more or less petulance the they declare that their Incomes are not to keep beep them In the style in which they want to live I Instead of ot being compelled to defend depend depend de- de pend fend on popular shops for their clothes they yearn to be In position to patronize priced high tailors and dressmakers and thus In their false estimation k keep ep step with the rich by making repeated shows of fine feathers The atmosphere In which I these hapless mortals are ore surrounded Is 15 most displeasing I 1 Any real effort to Improve their mental Qualifications Is apart from the question and contrary to their inmost wishes Though apostles of ot laxity devotees of ot empty pleasures and devout disciples dis- dis at at the shrine of ot prodigality these disgruntled young men and women openly blame the world for their Imagined plight often condemnIng condemnIng condemning condemn- condemn Ing their employers for holding them down when as n a matter of ot fact their emPIO employers erS have nothing whatever to todo todo do with it i iThe The Tho man or woman who Is really desirous desirous' of rising to the surface t where he or she can con swim s with head above water must pull a a hard continuous con con- stroke quite regardless of What hat others are doing It Is the only way to keep at the I top and keep moving ahead i l' l Drifting is perilous to everybody J a who Indulges In It certain In the end endt t l lead ild to disaster ter by wrecking the 1 I fondest ond st hopes arid highest aspirations In spite of our vaunted pride of progress drifting Is becoming a ana national na- na habit particularly among the puny minded who bend their knee to the god of gold geld rather than to the god of wisdom Every good tiling thing In life is measured meas- meas by such persons with the tape I bearing the dollar mark and Its Us dedI deci ded- I mals even morality friendship and love Yet alas these handlers of this Iniquitous tape line Hue perversely lament la la- lament ment their position In life and condemn the Irresponsible for faults and failures fail fail- failures ures that are their own To make yourself worthy in any calling It Is necessary to prove your worthiness And this cannot be done except by honest endeavor long hours of hard work and a manifest willingness always to put personal Industry above personal Indulgence p 1922 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate 0 PROMISING I introduced a grass widow to a aw grass widower to to- to w day anything 1 come of It 5 Cant Can't tell They exchanged refer refer- |